Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-03-03

Later Returns Give Bismarck Good Ma
iority-Increase In the Socialist Vote.


Later Returns Give Bismarck Good Ma
jority-Increase In the Socialist Vote.
BERLIN. Feb. 23-Returns from 265 dis
tficts show the election OF A Conserve
tives, Is Imperlalists, 43 Centerists, % Ma
tlonal Liberals, New German Liberals, 8
Socialists, s Alsatians and Poles In forty
four districts new elections must be held
The Septennists were returned throughout
Saxony and in almost all the districts In
Baden, Wurtemburg and Hesse- large
majority for the Government is assured
The Socialist gains in Berlin were onset
by the losses in the provinces The party
is especially chagrined at the Imperiaiist
successes IN Saxony, which has always
been considered Socialist stronghold, but
where seven seats were lost TO the 1rnpe-
rialists- The Socialists are still hopeful
that the supplementary ballots viii make
the number of their party equal to the
number in the last Reichstag. 1t IS note
worthy, however, that IN many places the
Socialists minority was greatly dlmln-
ished, fact which shows the continued
growth of the party. An instance OF their
strength was the fact that the Center can
didate succeeded in defeating Krupp at Es-
sen.
Bismarck's most CALLING rebuff was IN
Alsace-Lorraine. 1t is known tnaI ne
looked forward to the results there with
pie had become more reconciled to the Ger
man rule. Taken IN connection with Prince
Hohenlohe's manifesto and the reported DIS
covery of an extensive plot connected with
the Deroulede League, the defeat OF the
Government in Alsace-Lorralne is conslo-
cred an illaugury of peace, and as likely TO
lead to the adoption of severe measures IN
those provinces
The almost total humiliation of the
Liberals is attributed to Richter's bitter
opposition to Bismarck on every possible
point and to his venturing to pose as
military authority against Generals Won
Moltke and Won Schellendorh. The second
ballots will be decided early in March to
enable the Reichstag to meet about the 10th
OF that month. Stauffenberg and Rickert
have both TO submit to second ballot
The election passed off quietly every
where except at Salza, near Nordhausen,
where there was some rioting- The Gov
eminent press everywhere jubilantly pre-
dict that the new house will be completely
submissive to the Chancellor. Herr Richter
writes to the FreiSenni'sg Zeita'sg that the
Septennate will have a sure majority in the
new Reichtag.
Returns continue to show National Lib
eraI victories all along the line. OF fifty
seats held by the National Liberals in the
last Reichstag twenty five have been again
won, and besides these twenty-three have
been gained by the coalition of the National
Liberals and Free Conservatives. Among
the members thus elected are Miguel, for
Friedberg, Teuschue, for Meran, Prince
Garolath for Gutenberg, Oetker for Rintein,
Meyer for Jena, Hammacher for Duisberg,
Bernuth for Oschersleber, Marguadsten for
Worms and Oechelhaeuser for Anholt.
The National Liberals have been engaged
in fifteen second ballots, in constituencies
where hitherto they have not been repre-
scented. At Bremen, Meier, National Lib
eral, will be picted in a second ballot
against the New German Liberal. The
New German Liberals lost the seats at
Koenigsberg and Lubbock. Returns are
still incomplete and the results unknown
in a number of districts where the New
German Liberals are concerned. Among
those known to be returned are Richter
for Hagen, Barth for Hirschberg and
Hermes for Jouer.